Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock
Cheat Codes:
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Submitted by: RM
Precision Mode:
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To unlock Precision Mode, insert the following notes in the Options menu: Green & Red x3,
Red & Yellow x2, Red & Blue x2, Yellow & Blue, Yellow & Orange, Yellow & Orange, Green &
Red x3, Red & Yellow x2, Red & Blue x2, Yellow & Blue, Yellow & Orange x2.
Through the Fire and Flames:
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To unlock the track "Through the Fire and Flames", beat the game.
Battle Lou in Easy Mode:
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To battle with Lou using Easy Mode notes, try the following. When the battle with Lou begins
(on Expert Mode), strum without holding any frets down. When you lose, select the Tutorial
option at the Game Over menu. Do the Guitar Battle Tutorial and play through it in its entirety.
After the "Lesson Complete" message appears on-screen and the next fret board appears, pause
the game and exit. This will bring you back to the Lessons menu. From here, press the red
button, which will bring you back to the list of songs.
The battle with Lou should be highlighted. Choose the song, and Lou's note chart will be set
to Easy Mode now. Your note chart will still be in Expert Mode, but Lou's will be in easy mode.
Bat Guitar:
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To unlock the Bat Guitar, get five stars on each song during Career Mode on Easy difficulty.
All Songs (Quick Play Mode):
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To unlock all of the game's songs for Quick Play Mode, insert the following notes in the Options
menu: Yellow & Orange, Red & Blue, Red & Orange, Green & Blue, Red & Yellow, Yellow & Orange,
Red & Yellow, Red & Blue, Green & Yellow x2, Yellow & Blue x2, Yellow & Orange x2, Yellow & Blue,
Yellow, Red, Red & Yellow, Red, Yellow, Orange.
Jolly Roger Guitar:
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To unlock the Jolly Roger Guitar, get five stars on each song during Career Mode on Medium
difficulty.
Moon Shot Guitar:
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To unlock the Moon Shot guitar, complete Career Mode on Easy.
Performance Mode:
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To unlock Performance Mode, insert the following notes in the Options
menu: Red & Yellow, Red & Blue, Red & Orange, Red & Blue, Red & Yellow,
Green & Blue, Red & Yellow, Red & Blue.
Distant Visitor Guitar:
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To unlock any boss characters as playable character, simply beat them
in the game and they will become unlocked.
Boss Characters:
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To unlock any boss characters as playable character, simply beat them
in the game and they will become unlocked.
Hyperspeed:
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To unlock Hyperspeed, go to the in-game cheat menu (found under Options)
and insert the following cheat on your guitar: Orange, Blue, Orange,
Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow.
Songs:
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The following songs can be unlocked in the game:
An Endless Sporadic - "Impulse"
Backyard Babies - "Minus Celsius"
Bret Michaels Band - "Go That Far"
Dragonforce - "Through the Fire and the Flames"
Fall of Troy - "FCP Remix"
Gallows - "In the Belly of a Shark"
The Hellacopters - "I'm in the Band"
Heroes del Silencio - "Avalancha"
In Flames - "Take This Life"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Killswitch Engage - "My Curse"
LA Slum Lords - "Down N Dirty"
Lacuna Coil - "Closer"
Lions - "Metal Heavy Lady"
NAAST - "Mauvis Garcon"
Prototype - "The Way It Ends"
Revolverhead - "Generation Rock"
Rise Against - "Prayer of the Refugee"
Senses Fail - "Can't Be Saved"
The Sleeping - "Don't Hold Back"
The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums"
Superbus - "Radio Song"
Saint George Guitar:
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To unlock the Saint George guitar, complete Career Mode on Medium.
Rojimbo Guitar:
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To unlock the Rojimbo Guitar, complete Career Mode on Hard difficulty.
Nemesis 13 Guitar:
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To unlock the Nemesis 13 Guitar, complete Co-Op Career Mode on
any difficulty.
Unlockable: Songs (Normal):
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To unlock songs in the normal fashion, simply pass the song successfully.
It will thereafter be unlocked.
Guitarists:
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You can unlock Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), Slash (of Guns
N Roses/Velvet Revolver), Lou (the Devil in the game), and a character
called MetalHead by beating them in the game and then purchasing them
for $10,000 (Lou costs $15,000).
Air Guitar:
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To unlock the Air Guitar, insert the following notes in the Options
menu: Blue & Yellow, Green & Yellow x2, Red & Blue x2, Red & Yellow x2,
Blue & Yellow, Green & Yellow x2, Red & Blue x2, Red & Yellow x2,
Green & Yellow x2, Red & Yellow x2.
"Through The Fire And Flames" song:
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Defeat Lou to automatically unlock the "Through The Fire And Flames" song
for free.
Cheat codes:
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Enter the "Options" menu. Select "Cheats", then "Enter New Cheat". Then,
enter one of the following codes to unlock the corresponding cheat option.
Note: Each note or chord must be strummed during code entry. Press Green
at the "Cheats" menu to turn off a particular cheat.
Unlock Everything:
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Press [Green + Red + Blue + Orange], [Green + Red + Yellow + Blue], [Green +
Red + Yellow + Orange], [Green + Blue + Yellow + Orange], [Green + Red +
Yellow + Blue], [Red + Yellow + Blue + Orange], [Green + Red + Yellow + Blue],
[Green + Yellow + Blue + Orange], [Green + Red + Yellow + Blue], [Green + Red
+ Yellow + Orange], [Green + Red + Yellow + Orange], [Green + Red + Yellow +
Blue], [Green + Red + Yellow + Orange]. Note: There will be no sound while
entering the four note "chords". Also, this code cannot be disabled once it
is activated. Go into the shop in Career mode to access all items. Songs are
not unlocked with this code.
Easy Expert mode:
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Press Green + Red, Green + Yellow, Yellow + Blue, Red + Blue, Blue + Orange,
Yellow + Orange, Red + Yellow, Red + Blue. This mode increases the size of
the timing window. Note: This code cannot be used in Career mode.
No Fail:
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Press Green + Red, Blue, Green + Red, Green + Yellow, Blue, Green + Yellow,
Red + Yellow, Orange, Red + Yellow, Green + Yellow, Yellow, Green + Yellow,
Green + Red. Note: This code cannot be used in Career mode.
All songs in Quick Play mode:
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Press Yellow + Orange, Red + Blue, Red + Orange, Green + Blue, Red + Yellow,
Yellow + Orange, Red + Yellow, Red + Blue, [Green + Yellow] two times, [Yellow
+ Blue] two times, [Yellow + Orange] two times, Yellow + Blue, Yellow, Red, Red
+ Yellow, Red, Yellow, Orange. Note: This code cannot be disabled once it is
activated, and all songs will remain unlocked permanently.
Hyperspeed mode:
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Press Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow. This code
makes the charts faster. There are five Hyperspeed levels. Press Green at the
Hyperspeed option on the "Cheats" menu to cycle through them.
Precision mode:
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Press [Green + Red] three times, [Red + Yellow] two times, [Red + Blue] two
times, Yellow + Blue, Yellow + Orange, Yellow + Orange, [Green + Red] three
times, [Red + Yellow] two times, [Red + Blue] two times, Yellow + Blue,
[Yellow + Orange] two times.
Performance mode:
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Press Red + Yellow, Red + Blue, Red + Orange, Red + Blue, Red + Yellow,
Green + Blue, Red + Yellow, Red + Blue.
Bret Michaels as the singer:
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Press [Green + Red] three times, [Green + Blue] three times, [Green + Blue] two
times, Green + Blue, Red + Blue, Red(3), Red + Blue, Red(3), Red + Blue, Red(3).
Note: Enabling this code will glitch online game play.
Hammering on:
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Note: This can only be used if there is one note immediately following another.
When you play a single green, red, yellow, or blue note and it is followed by a
note that is to the right of it on the guitar controller's neck, you can hit the
note without strumming the second note by keeping your finger on the first note
and then pressing the next note.
Predator reference:
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There is a reference to the movie Predator in the song "Helicopter". After
playing the song, go to the "More Stats" screen, or to Practice mode, and get
to the screen where you choose what section to play. One of the sections in the
song is called "Get Back To The Choppa!!!", which seems to be a reference to
Arnold Schwarzenneger's line in Predator, when they are all running away from
the Predator.
Easier songs:
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Before the beginning of the song (before the chords appear), move the Strum Bar
Up and Down until the meter stops going down. Note: When the meter stops it will
be in the red, and when the meter starts again it will be somewhere in the middle
of the song.
All Items Available:
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To make every item available at the in-game store, insert the following lengthy
cheat at the in-game cheats menu. Keep in mind that because you're strumming using
four buttons, no sounds will play. You'll have to check the store when you're done
inserting the password to see if it worked:
Green/Red/Blue/Orange, Green/Red/Yellow/Blue, Green/Red/Yellow/Orange,
Green/Blue/Yellow/Orange, Green/Red/Yellow/Blue, Red/Yellow/Blue/Orange,
Green/Red/Yellow/Blue, Green/Yellow/Blue/Orange, Green/Red/Yellow/Blue,
Green/Red/Yellow/Orange, Green/Red/Yellow/Orange, Green/Red/Yellow/Blue,
Green/Red/Yellow/Orange.
Beach Life Bass:
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To unlock the Beach Life Bass, complete Co-op Mode on hard.
Unlock "Buy a Guitar Already" achievement:
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Instead of playing through an entire hard/expert career with the controller,
simply:
1. Complete the career normally
2. Shut off your console after saving
3. Turn on your console, but with the regular controller plugged in
4. Go to the career you completed
5. As soon as you enter the character select screen, it should unlock
This can be done at any time after clearing a career.
Bonus basses:
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Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding bass:
Beach Life - Successfully complete Co-op mode on the Hard difficulty setting
Neversoft Skateboard - Successfully complete Co-Op mode on the Expert difficulty setting
with a "Five Star" rank on all songs
PendulAxe - Successfully complete Co-op mode on the Expert difficulty setting
The Disposed Successfully complete Co-op mode on the Medium difficulty setting
with a "Five Star" rank on all songs
Tiki Fortune 4 - Successfully complete Co-op mode on the Easy difficulty setting
Easy battle power survival:
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When in a battle (either online or in Career mode), if you are playing against your
opponent under the same difficultly setting, when they attack you with their battle
power, look at their side of the screen. The notes will be the same and easy to see.
Easy Online mode:
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During an online vs. match (Face Off), the meter bar in the middle of the screen shows
who is winning by the most points. To get more points, hold the whammy bar down while
you play. The whammy bar gets you more points on long notes, but on short ones it is
hard to hit. Hold the whammy bar to get all of them.
El Jefe Guitar:
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To unlock the El Jefe Guitar, complete Career Mode on expert with five stars.
Predator reference:
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There is a reference to the movie Predator in the song "Helicopter". After playing
the song, go to the "More Stats" screen, or to Practice mode and get to the screen
where you choose what section to play. One of the sections in the song is called
"Get Back To The Choppa!!!" which seems to be a reference to Arnold Schwarzenneger's
line in Predator, when they are all running away from the Predator.
